BOOK: The Years by Annie Ernaux (Fitzcarraldo Editions)
Generations are tagged nowadays with their own monikers – Millennial, Generation X, Baby Boomers and so on – without much questioning of what criteria have been used to slot people into these categories. How does one make sense of the contexts of millions of people who happen to be born at the same time? How can one describe the myriad joint influences and experiences that shaped their world, distinguish between what was significant and what simply nostalgic, lift out the crucial insights?